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Commentaries of the divine John Calvin, upon the prophet Daniel, translated into English, especially…Commentaries of the diuine Iohn Caluine, vpon the prophet Daniell, translated into Englishe, especially…
Commentaries of the divine John Calvin, upon the prophet Daniel, translated into English, especially for the use of the family of the right honourable Earle of Huntingdon, to set forth as in a glass, how one may profitably read the Scriptures, by considering the text, meditating the sense thereof, and by prayerCommentaries of the diuine Iohn Caluine, vpon the prophet Daniell, translated into Englishe, especially for the vse of the family of the ryght honorable Earle of Huntingdon, to set forth as in a glasse, how one may profitably read the Scriptures, by consideryng the text, meditatyng the sense therof, and by prayer
London: printed by John Daye, 1570London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1570
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Biblical commentary book of Daniel › Chapter 4 › Part › Meditation
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The verse that went before did say, that this dream did belong to the king Nebuchadnezzar. And it was meet so to be expressed, for this was a heavy and a sharp message to the king. And we know how hardly kings can bear, not only to be brought into order, but also to be summoned before Gods judgement seat, there to be beaten down with shame & reproach. For we know that prosperity doth make, even common persons drunken. What can come unto kings then, but that they forgetting them selves to be men, should exempt them selves from all incommodities and griefs, because they do not think that they are of the common condition with men? Wherefore, because Nebuchadnezzar could hardly bear this message, therefore did ⟨p. 52⟩the Prophet admonish him in few words, that the cutting down of the tree was but a figure of that ruin and fall which he shortly should have. This doth he prosecute with moe words, and saith: They shall cast thee from among men, and thy dwelling shall be with the wild beasts.
The verse that went before did say, that this dreame did belong to the kyng Nebuchadnezer. And it was méete so to be expressed, for this was a heauy and a sharpe message to the kyng. And we know how hardely kynges can beare, not onely to be brought into order, but also to be sommoned before Gods iudgement seat, there to be beatē downe with shame & reproch. For we know that prosperitie doth make, euen common persons dronken. What can come vnto kynges then, but that they forgettyng them selues to be mē, should exempt them selues from all incommodities and griefes, because they do not thinke that they are of the common condition with men? Wherfore, because Nebuchadnezer could hardely beare this message, therfore did ⟨p. 52⟩the Prophet admonish him in few wordes, that the cuttyng downe of the trée was but a figure of that ruine and fall which he shortly should haue. This doth he prosecute with moe wordes, and sayth: They shall cast thee from among men, and thy dwellyng shalbe with the wilde beastes.